Holder for lacework.



Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT OF ICE.

AUGUSTA PROCTOR, OF VIROQUA, WISCONSIN.

HOLDER FO'R LACEWORK.

SPEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,610, dated November1:1 La

Application filed January 13, 1903. Serial No. 138,879. (No a i.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA PROOTOR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,'residing at Viroqua, in the county of Vernon and State ofWisconsin,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders,for Lacework, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of lacework by hand, and hasspecial refer ence to an improved patterning-holder facilitating thepreparation and formation of lacework in various pat-terns.

To this end the invention contemplates a simple and practical form ofdevice specially designed for the making of the lace popularly known asTeneriife lacework, which is employed as insertion, medallions, andtrimming of various styles for shirt-waists, costumes, &c., also beingextensively used in the making of fancy linen scarfs, squares, and

similar work. a v l As a general object the invention is speciallydesigned as a distinct improvement upon the form of device disclosed inthe patout to Dixon, No. 689,860, dated December 31, 1901.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood,the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of one form ofpatterning-holder embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view 'thereof. is a plan View showing the appliedpositionof the holder and illustrating a piece of lacework in process offormation.

Like reference-numerals designate correspondin g parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

In carrying out theinvention the holder is usually in the form of aplate of any desired shape, although in the preferable form it has theconfiguration of adisk or circular body.

This disk or circular body (designated in the drawings by the numeral 1)may be made of any material suitable for the purpose-such, for instance,as celluloid, metal, wood, ivory,

'dallions to the outside row of pins.

Fig. 3

papier-mach, or equivalent material possessing special rigidity andlightness.

The holder-plate or disk-body l is provided therein with a plurality ofconcentric series of pin-receiving holes 2, one of which series ispreferably arranged near the center of the plate or disk to admit of adifferent variety of designs 'for the center, such as lacebuttons ormedallions fastened in the center by pins and working from the buttonsor other me- In this connection it will be observed that the centralgroup or series of pin-receiving holes 2 hear an important relation tothose rows arranged closer to the peripheral edge of the body. Also inthe carrying out of the present invention the holder body, plate, ordisk 1 is preferably provided in the peripheral edge thereof with acontinuous series of edge notches 3, which facilitate the positioning ofpins at the edges in any desired location, according to the character ofthe work to be accomplished. Said notches 3 are also employed in thesame manner as the pin-receiving holes 2, thereby making a larger-sizelace wheel or disk. Furthermore, these notches are used in combinationwith the receiving-holes in making an irregular edge to the lace.

All of the pin-receiving holes are designed for the reception of commonheaded pins 4, adapted to be inserted in the holes and pressed into'asuitable cushion or other equivalent body, which provides forretaining both the holder and the pins in place during the use of. thedevice for making lacework thereon.

In the use of the device the pins are passed through theholes asufficient distance to leave the heads projecting above the upperrounding guide-surface for the needle as it is'passed in and out amongthe threads in the formation'of the lacework. A convexed surface of thecharacter indicated greatly facili- IOC fates the free and easy movementof the point of the needle, and hence permits of an easier and morerapid working than is possible on a perfectly flat surface, such asshown in the patent aforesaid.

The manner of using the device herein described is not essentiallydiiferent from that set forth in the patent, and the improvements resideparticularly in the convexed working surface, the central group ofholes, and the peripheral series of edge notches.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, use, and manyadvantages of the herein-described patterning-holder will be readilyapparent without further description.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed,and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A patterning-holder for makinglacework consisting of a plate convexedon its upper side and having a plurality of pin-receiving holestherethrough, the plate being notched at its peripheral edge.

2. Apatterning-holder for makinglacework consisting of a plate conVeXedon its upper side, a plurality of concentrically-arranged series ofpin-receiving holes, one of said series of holes arranged at or near thecenter of the body, and the plate provided with a peripheral series ofedge notches.

In testimony whereof I a'lfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTA PROCTOR.

Witnesses:

H. E. PACKARD, G. G. MoWRY.

